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Rev. 0.1 04/15
Windows Flash Array Combine Violin’s enterprise-‐class storage with the ease and capabilities of Windows® Storage Server 2012 R2 in an integrated Tier-‐1 NAS solution. Now you can achieve higher performance and transform the economics of your NAS-‐based applications and files in physical, virtual, and private cloud deployments. The WFA is a key part of your all-‐flash data center.
Transform Your Data Center Performance and Economics
Violin’s Windows Flash Array (WFA) delivers game changing performance and economics to your datacenter so you can do more with existing IT resources. The combination of Violin Memory’s patented Flash Fabric Architecture™, Microsoft’s fast SMB Direct protocol, and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 means you can optimize your NAS environment to meet growing needs while delivering consistent throughput to handle the most demanding workloads as well as reducing CAPEX and OPEX.
The WFA is particularly well-‐suited for workloads requiring consistent low latency and high throughput, and workloads with a high degree of random I/O activity. Examples include Tier-‐1 NAS file servers, collaboration, software development, media and entertainment, geosciences, engineering, high-‐performance backup and restore targets, and private cloud deployments. In addition, multilayered hardware and software resiliency delivers consistent enterprise-‐class performance and the knowledge that your enterprise applications and associated data will remain online 24x7.
The WFA delivers the features of SAN, with the performance of DAS, at the price of NAS. With the WFA, you can transform your NAS and data center economics. To learn more about how the WFA can dramatically improve your NAS environment, please contact your Violin Memory representative or go to www.violin-‐memory.com.
The WFA Effect • Higher Performance than leading industry standard all-‐flash arrays:
-‐ 4K random reads @ > 1M IOPS -‐ 4K random writes @ > 810k IOPS -‐ CPU loads reduced up to 30% -‐ Latency at speed of ~250 μsecs -‐ Linear scaling of capacity and performance through SOFS
• Lower CAPEX through: -‐ Increased consolidation -‐ Higher VM density -‐ Increased utilization -‐ Pay-‐as-‐you-‐grow pricing
• Lower OPEX through: -‐ Microsoft management tools -‐ 3U form factor with reduced facilities requirements
Unique Value • Jointly developed with Microsoft
• Kernel-‐level optimization with Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
• SMB Direct dramatically increases application performance
• Cross platform file sharing through SMB 3.0, and NFS 3.0/4.1
Enterprise Data Services • Deduplication • Storage Live Migration • Thin Provisioning • Compression • DFS Replication • Scale-‐out File Server (SOFS) • Encryption at rest and in flight
Model Raw Capacity VIMM Count Upgradeable
V-‐WFA-‐16 17.5TB 32 2x to 35TB
V-‐WFA-‐24 26TB 32 1x to 35TB
V-‐WFA-‐32 35TB 32 Not capacity upgradeable
V-‐WFA-‐48 52TB 64 2x to 70TB
V-‐WFA-‐64 70TB 64 Not capacity upgradeable
V-‐WFA-‐8.8-‐U (Capacity Upgrade Key)
Features Windows Flash Array
Model WFA-‐16 WFA-‐24 WFA-‐32 WFA-‐48 WFA-‐64
Raw Capacity (TiB/TB) 16.3 TiB/17.5 TB 24.5 TiB/26.3 TB 32.7 TiB/35.1 TB 49.1 TiB/52.7 TB 65.5 TiB/70.3 TB
Maximum Usable Capacity (TiB/TB)
10.0 TiB/11.0 TB 15.1 TiB/16.6 TB 20.1 TiB/22.1 TB 30.2 TiB/33.2 TB 40.3 TiB/44.3 TB
Effective Capacity after data reduction with suitable workload 6:1 reduction
60.0 TiB/66.0 TB 90.6 TiB/99.6 TB 120.6 TiB/132.6 TB 181.2 TiB/199.2 TB 241.8 TiB/265.8 TB
Max Throughput 800,000 IOPS 1,260,000 IOPS
Max Bandwidth 2.1 GB/sec 4.4 GB/sec
Min Latency 0.260 ms 0.250 ms
Sustained Performance (data reduction off)
800,000 IOPS with <1ms latency for 100/0 R/W 600,000 IOPS with <1ms latency for 0/100 R/W
1,080,000 IOPS with <1ms latency for 100/0 R/W 810,000 IOPS with <1ms latency for 0/100 R/W 1,040,000 IOPS with <1ms latency for 90/10 R/W
Height 3RU 3RU
Depth 27"/700mm 27"/700mm
Width 17.5"/445mm 17.5"/445mm
Weight 82.5 lbs/ 37.4kg 93.5 lbs/ 42.4kg
Power 1600 W 2100W
Cooling 5450 BTU/hr 7165 BTU/hr
Operating Temperature Range 10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F)
Non-‐Operating Temperature Range -‐40 to 70°C (-‐40 to 158°F)
Humidity Range 8-‐90% (non-‐condensing)
Non-‐Operating Humidity Range 5-‐95% (non-‐condensing)
Connectivity 8x10 GbE or 8x56 Gb FDR InfiniBand
Management Interfaces 2x 10/100/1000 Mbits/sec auto-‐sensing Ethernet ports (RJ-‐45) Serial (RS-‐232) console port for management and troubleshooting
Reliability / Resiliency Supports Non Disruptive Updates of FW and SW, no hardware single point of failure
Supported OS software Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
Management Microsoft System Center, PowerShell
Regulatory
Safety: IEC/EN 60950, CB Certificate, UL60950-‐1 CAN/CSA-‐C22.2 No.60950-‐1, CE Mark Emissions Class A: EN55022/CISPR 22, FCC Part 15 Class A, ICES-‐003 Issue 5 Class A, VCCI Class A, AS/NZS CISPR22:2009 Class A
BSMI CNS 13438 Class A, Korea RRA Notice No. 2012-‐13 Class A Immunity: EN55024, EN 61000-‐4-‐2,3,4,5,6,8,11 Korea RRA Notice No. 2012-‐14 RoHS 2011/65/EU
Safety: IEC/EN 60950, CB Certificate, UL60950-‐1 CAN/CSA-‐C22.2 No.60950-‐1, CE Mark For a full list of specific country approvals, please contact Violin Memory in your country